Talent was never the issue with McCoy. It was staying on the field. Now that he is healthy he is playing like an All-Pro DT. Our run defense is unbelievable and we are generating a consistent pass-rush (outside of the Giants game).

After the Giants game, coach Sheridan came under heavy fire because of our defensive performance. Eli went off for a career day and we didn't force a single sack all game. Warren Sapp called Gerald McCoy after the game to tell him that he needs to talk to Sheridan about the defense. Stop being cute up front. Stop the stunting and twisting, let the DLine pin their ears back and go.

“I represented the D-line and went up to coach and said, ‘Give us an opportunity to go straight at them instead of going sideways on all these stunts,” McCoy said. “I said, ‘If it don’t work, it don’t work and we’ll go back to whatever.’ We took advantage” against Dallas.

It showed. That was the best that our defense has looked all year and McCoy had a career day. McCoy is enjoying a breakout season and he has become the leader of the defense. It's great to see._________________

I was wrong about him. I always thought that even if 100% healthy, he was too soft at the point of attack to be effective. During these 3 games, he seems to have been in the backfield more often than not. The second the ball is snapped he just explodes off the line. I could not be more impressed with him._________________

I believe GMC being nominated captain this year has really helped him be more vocal. He now understands this is his team to lead not follow. He has always been a hard worker, who as others have mentioned has to stay healthy.

In his third year, he is starting to perfect his craft with technique and film study coupled with his God given physical talent which is starting to equal dominating performances.

We all sensed that he had this kind of talent but never really saw it fully due to his injuries. Who would of thought that our O would be the problem and our D would be this dominant this year. I stand by the word dominant even after the Giants game cuz I attribute that to BS by Sheridan. When these guys go out and ball like they should they are damn good. Hope someone picks up the slack of Clayborn's absence cuz it will be needed. I wonder, does the team give DaQuan Bowers a go late in the year if we are making a playoff run and he seems to check out ok?_________________
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Welcome to Tampa, Marcus Mariota.

Hope he stays healthy this year and for many seasons after_________________

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Get on the yearly Buc carousel. Start off trash. Look better by mid season. Win 2-3 games at the end of the season. Get the 7th pick. Have what most fans consider a great draft and free agency. Start off trash again. Rinse and repeat

A lot of us knew this kid had All-Pro talent. It was him staying on the field that was the problem. We saw last year before he got injured how good our defense was. Then after it was horrendous._________________Adopt-A-Buc Mason Foster

A lot of us knew this kid had All-Pro talent. It was him staying on the field that was the problem. We saw last year before he got injured how good our defense was. Then after it was horrendous.

Pretty much this. I'll just add McCoy was good last year but he was never this consistent. Every series it seems like the guy is in the backfield causing havoc. He was never this dominant like that at any stage of his career till now. We desperately needed him to become a center piece for this defense, its been too long. Barron, Foster, David, Clayborn, Bowers and Bennett will all be very fun to watch develop for years to come.